Saint CONSTANTIN II d'ÉCOSSE, roi et martyr

Saint Constantin II d'Écosse, roi et Martyr.

Mort en 874; à Saint-Andrew, Ecosse, on le fête le 11 mars. Le roi Constantin a été tué dans un combat contre les envahisseurs païens de l'Ecosse. Dans ses derniers moments il a répété ces paroles faisant écho au Psaume 27: "Seigneur Jésus, n'abandonne pas aux bêtes les âmes qui Te servent." Il a été enterré à Iona, où des miracles ont eu lieu sur son tombeau. Par la suite il a été vénéré localement comme martyr (Bénédictins, Husenbeth).

SOURCE : http://home.scarlet.be/amdg/oldies/sankt/avr02.html

Saint Constantine of Scotland

Memorial

2 April

11 March (Saint Andrews, Scotland)

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King of Scotland. Died in battle fighting invading heathens, and thus considered a martyr.

Died

874

buried on Iona

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate

Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler

Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein

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MLA Citation

‘Saint Constantine of Scotland‘. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 July 2023. Web. 25 March 2026. <https://catholicsaints.info/saint-constantine-of-scotland/>

SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-constantine-of-scotland/

Constantine II of Scotland, King M (AC)

Died 874; feast day at Saint Andrews, Scotland, is March 11. King Constantine was killed in a battle against heathen invaders of Scotland. In his last moments he repeated words echoing Psalm 27: "Lord Jesus, abandon not to beasts the souls that serve You." He was buried on Iona, where miracles took place at his tomb. Thereafter he was locally venerated as a martyr (Benedictines, Husenbeth).

SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0402.shtml

Book of Saints – Constantine – 2 April

Article

CONSTANTINE (Saint) King, Martyr (April 2) (9th century) Constantine II, King of Scotland, was slain in a battle against heathen invaders of his country (A.D. 874), and was thenceforth locally honoured as a Martyr. He was buried at Iona.

MLA Citation

Monks of Ramsgate. “Constantine”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 13 October 2012. Web. 25 March 2026. <http://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-constantine-2-april/>

SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-constantine-2-april/

April 2

B. Constantine II., King of Scotland, Martyr 

HE marched against the infidels who advanced to plunder his dominions, and, intercepting the forces of Hubba, cut off from the army of his brother, king Hinguar, by a sudden flood of the river Lenin, easily put them to flight; but was afterward vanquished by Hinguar, near the town Cararia, and slain. In his last moments he repeated those words of the Psalm lxxvii. 19. Lord Jesus, abandon not to beasts the souls which serve thee. His death is placed by bishop Lesley and Buchanan in 874. He was buried in the isle of Iona, or Y-Colm-kill, and his tomb is said to have been honoured with miracles. The title of martyr is given him by King, in his Calendar, on the 11th of March, the day on which he was honoured under that quality at St. Andrew’s. See Lesley, Hist. l. 5. Buchanan, l. 6.

Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73).  Volume IV: April. The Lives of the Saints.  1866.

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Den hellige Konstantin I av Skottland (~836-877)

Minnedag:

2. april

Den hellige Konstantin (eng: Constantine; lat: Constantinus) ble født rundt 836 i Skottland. Han var sønn av kong Kenneth I Mac Alpin (841-859), som forente skottene og pikterne ved etableringen av kongeriket Alba, som besto av Dalriada og pikternes kongerike. Da Kenneth døde den 6. februar i 858 eller 859, ble tronen overtatt av hans bror Donald I (859-863), men i 863 overtok Konstantin tronen. Konstantin ble far til Donald, som senere ble kong Donald II Dasachtach (889-900).

I 866 skriver Ulster-annalene at Olaf den hvite, vikingkongen av Dublin, plyndret pikternes land (det nordlige Skottland) fra nyttår til St. Patricks dag (17. mars). I 870 plyndret Olaf sammen med den danske vikinghøvdingen Strathclyde i det sørlige Skottland. I 871 vendte de tilbake til Dublin med 200 skip og mange slaver. Ifølge Den piktiske krøniken ble kong Olaf senere drept av Konstantin.

Men i 877 ble Konstantin selv drept av hedenske vikinger som invaderte landet. Det skjedde i Inverdovat i Forgan i Fife. Hans siste ord skal ha vært: «Herre Jesus, overlat ikke til dyrene de sjelene som tjener deg». Han ble gravlagt på Iona, hvor det skjedde mirakler ved hans grav, og han ble deretter lokalt æret som martyr for å forsvare sitt kristne land mot hedenske angripere. Hans minnedag er vanligvis 2. april, men 26. april nevnes også.

Det skaper stor forvirring at noen skotske lister kaller kong Konstantin mac Fergus av Piktland (790-820) og Dalriada (781-820) for kong Konstantin I av Skottland, noe som gjør at de kaller Konstantin I for Konstantin II, et ordenstall som tilhører den hellige Konstantin II (900-943) (som disse kildene kaller Konstantin III). Konstantin II var nevø av Konstantin I, sønn av hans bror, kong Aed (877-78). Begge blandes sammen med de hellige Konstantin av Cornwall og Konstantin av Strathclyde.

Kilder: Benedictines, Bunson, KIR, Patron Saints SQPN, britannia.com, celt-saints, zeno.org, gordonrosalynd.tripod.com, sympatico.ca, nwlink.com, stephen.j.murray.btinternet.co.uk - Kompilasjon og oversettelse: p. Per Einar Odden

Opprettet: 19. mai 2004

SOURCE : https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/k1skottl